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If you find a name here of interest to you, then have a look at my main site at - http://gdavis.id.auGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-15438974817421192292023-04-15T07:17:00.010+10:002023-04-15T07:22:08.083+10:00Police matters<p> </p><div class="read"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Margaret Stroud, a drunken little trollop, was charged with taking up her residence in the Government Domain, for which she was sent six weeks to the third class of the factory.</span></span></div><p><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12843968" target="_blank">Police matters</a><br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="line"><div class="read"></div> </div>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-865567768957936602023-01-16T13:22:00.000+10:002023-01-16T13:22:02.273+10:00DEATH AT A MARRIAGE FEAST.<p> </p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="26" data-w="153" data-x="2750" data-y="6145">Elizabeth</span> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="29" data-w="108" data-x="2927" data-y="6148">James,</span> a widow, aged 52 of Greenfleld-road, Tottenham, London, was a guest recently at a wedding in Braemar-road, Tottenham. The bride's mother found her resting nor head on the table. She said she was unwell. After being taken into the garden she died. The festivities were then abandoned. At the inquest the doctor ascribed death to heart disease, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.</span></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> DEATH AT A MARRIAGE FEAST. (1909, November 21). <i>The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910)</i>, p. 9. <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227029155" target="_blank">TROVE</a></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span> <br /></p>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-13599775907226342352022-12-13T08:16:00.006+10:002022-12-13T08:21:10.145+10:00Looking for people<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">UNCLAIMED</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> MONEY.</span></span></p><div class="line"> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Baxter</b>, Alexander and David Graham Baxter.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bell</b>, John George, formerly of Yeadon, Yorks (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bevin</b>, Henry, formerly of Stretford, Lancashire.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Binns</b>, John William, formerly of Lancashire, who left Manchester 40 years ago, and last heard of in Australia about 18 to 20 years ago.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bowe</b>, Patrick, last beard of in 1912 in Melbourne, formerly of Co. Kilkenny.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Briant</b>, Edward, formerly of Greenwich, Co. Kent (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brittan</b>, Eleanor Drusella, and Alice Julia, daughters of George and Frances.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="zone onPage readMode" data-h="663" data-page-id="28150008" data-rotation="-1" data-w="793" data-x="2644" data-y="2108"><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Candle</b>, Susan and Kate, sisters of Stephen Candle of New Zealand.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cavanagh</b>, Frank, son of James Cavanagh, and formerly of Wellington, N.Z.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cavanagh</b>, William and Patrick, sons of James Cavanagh and brothers of Michael Cavanagh.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dalton</b>, William Patrick, born Melbourne 1853, brother of John Thomas Richard Dalton, and stepson of G. D. Gallogly, formerly of the Civil Service Club Hotel, Collins street, Melbourne.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Davies</b>, John, son of Edward and Phoebe Davies.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> </div>
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Davies</b>, Thomas, who married Milly Preaston or Priest at Bendigo, Vic. (wife or children of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Edney</b>, Albert, a photographer, husband of Sarah Julia Edney, or if dead, his representatives.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Foster</b>, Joseph, who left Ireland for New Zealand about 1874 and married Jane McLellan and who was a son of Joseph and Sarah Foster, nee McCadame, of Drumherriff</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Loughall, Co. Armagh, or representatives.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Greenwood</b>, Frederick, formerly of Manchester (relatives to claim £18,000).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hallam</b>, John, son of John Hallam, formerly of Grimsby and Sheffield.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hamlyn</b>, Rebecca, daughter of Henry William Hamlyn, or next of kin.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> </div>
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Heanan</b>, Mrs. Blanche Gertrude Otther Treville, an actress relatives of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hodgkins</b>, Olivia, daughter of Selina Hodgkins, formerly of Ballarat.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jennings</b>, Walter, son of Sarah Ann Jennings.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jessop</b>, Samuel, related to Dorcas Smith who died in 1915.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jordan</b>, otherwise <b>Pearce</b>, Elizabeth Mary, formerly of Twickenham (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leak, Alice, formerly of Sheffield.</span></span></div> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mayfleld</b>, Albert Edwin, late of Adelaide, a son of William Sheppard Mayfield and Caroline Jane his wife.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>McAdair</b>, William, who died in 1897 (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Moore</b>, William Leopold, a son of the late James, Moore, timber merchant, of Melbourne.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Moylan</b>, John, born at Bendigo, Victoria, a son of Patrick and Bridget Moylan, nee Murray, who were married at Ennis, Ireland, about 1862.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="zone onPage readMode" data-h="842" data-page-id="28150008" data-rotation="-1" data-w="800" data-x="2623" data-y="4571"><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Orth</b>, Emil, formerly of York (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pointon</b>, William Ward, husband of Mary Pointon or children.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pritchard</b>, Anthony, formerly of Llangollen, Derbyshire (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Remney</b>, Samuel, late of Gladesville and Sydney (next of kin of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rossiter</b>, Frank, son of Harriett, who in 1883 was residing in Melbourne.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shankland</b>, Mary Emily, formerly Wylde, widow of Charles George Wylde, who died in New South Wales, or children.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Short</b>, Samuel, a brother of Thomas Short of Hamilton, N.Z.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> </div>
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sloan</b>, John, late of Waimate, N.Z. (relatives of).</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tomholt</b> or <b>Holt</b>, Frances Amelia, formerly of Old South Head Road. Waverley, N.S.W.. and formerly connected with the theatrical profession.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Turner</b>, James Hobson, formerly of Melbourne.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ward</b>, Francis Mountford, otherwise known as William Ward Pointon, or children.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Winson</b>, Ernest Alfred Charles, or representatives.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wylde</b>, Rev. Dunbar William, formerly of Southport, near Brisbane, and afterwards heard of in Melbourne, Murwillumbah,</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and Northern Queensland.</span></span></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="read">UNCLAIMED MONEY. (1922, November 29). <i>Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1922 - 1933)</i>, p. 11. <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article253280040" target="_blank">TROVE</a></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-61600128840500267112021-12-28T05:46:00.001+10:002021-12-28T05:46:05.384+10:00Flying Cloud 1869<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="line"><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">LIST of Remittance Certificate Immigrants who embarked in the <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="34" data-w="99" data-x="2936" data-y="2070">Flying</span> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="34" data-w="99" data-x="3035" data-y="2070">Cloud,</span> which vessel arrived at Moreton Bay on the 30th April, 1869.</span></span></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Walsh, William 28</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span><span> </span>Michael l8</span></span></p><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Devitt, Agnes 23</span></span><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span> </span><span> </span>Infant -</span></span></p><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">M'Ewan Jesse 22</span></span><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span> </span><span> </span>Margaret 3</span></span></p><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kenney, John 22</span></span><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line"> </div> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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</span></span><div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOHN M'DONNELL, Immigration Agent Immigration Office, Brisbane, </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">22nd April, 1869. </span></span></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classified Advertising (1869, May 1). <i>The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)</i>, p. 1. <b><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1290147" target="_blank">TROVE</a></b></span></span></div><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b> <br /></span></span></div></div></div>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-80642192786001217172021-12-06T15:19:00.001+10:002021-12-06T15:19:42.622+10:00Jane QUAN-TIM<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jane died 10th September, 1897 in Cairns Queensland and her parents were recorded as James COLWILD and Jane McCASLIN.</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisIQfDkvuwXD3g_2Xg37EsPDsFmJsN4-whw82h8KTw09x8HtDjgs3-7wNCm3tuD25AQlfPynKpBr_cTl27AN0pGIH7ABmmSxbu7O4hf61p5RCCENbw44OYe_ytH7i-D_Ov8Mwly_lDkQjeNznUHDlo5y0D-NXAiv6-cPm0U5hoQnNczapxbX61FCS1SQ=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisIQfDkvuwXD3g_2Xg37EsPDsFmJsN4-whw82h8KTw09x8HtDjgs3-7wNCm3tuD25AQlfPynKpBr_cTl27AN0pGIH7ABmmSxbu7O4hf61p5RCCENbw44OYe_ytH7i-D_Ov8Mwly_lDkQjeNznUHDlo5y0D-NXAiv6-cPm0U5hoQnNczapxbX61FCS1SQ=w560-h372" width="560" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> All that is left to remind us that Jane was here.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br /></p><div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Debetor's petition for adjudication in insolvency by Jane Quan Tim, of Kuranda, near Cairns, widow. Messrs Daly and Beaumont, agents for insolvent. Order-Adjudication accordingly. Statement, 30th October; 1st meeting, 31st October. Official Trustee to be trustee.</span></span></div><div class="paragraph onPage"><div class="line hasFocus"> </div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="paragraph onPage"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">IN CHAMBERS. (1893, October 18). <i>The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905)</i>, p. 11. <b><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79326007" target="_blank">TROVE</a></b></span></span> <br /></div><p> </p>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-17979014697275669322021-08-18T09:13:00.000+10:002021-08-18T09:13:01.635+10:00Cheap find<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It would seem to be cheap by today's standards, but in 1859 2 pounds would have been a fair price to pay for locating your wife and child. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="line hasFocus"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">£2 REWARD.-I hereby offer Two Pounds reward to any person who will give such information as to the whereabouts of my wife MARY BAXTER; complexion fair to sandy, half tooth out in front, height fivefeet three inches; she has with her a male child twelvemonths old. Please direct THOMAS BAXTER, Picton.</span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Advertising (1859, March 26). <i>The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)</i>, p. 1. <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13022880" target="_blank">TROVE</a></span> <br /></span></span></p><div class="line hasFocus"> </div>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-78567392225021600152021-07-06T20:33:00.001+10:002021-07-06T20:33:25.732+10:00Missing Friends<p> </p><div class="read" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">MISSING FRIENDS</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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<div class="paragraph onPage"> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sentence of penal servitude for life was passed at Manchester Assizes on <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="25" data-w="65" data-x="4390" data-y="3409">John</span> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="30" data-w="119" data-x="4475" data-y="3409">Whalley,</span> 32 years, fitter, of Accrington, Lancashire, for cutting off his step-daughter's hands. <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="29" data-w="113" data-x="4746" data-y="3481">Whalley</span> married Mrs. Wildman, a widow, two years ago. Their married life was unhappy.</span></span></div></div><div class="line"> </div> <div class="line"> <div class="read"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a violent quarrel on September 17 his wife left, taking her little daughter. He took the child from school next day, cut off her hands in his room, and was found in the back kitchen with a rubber gas tube in his mouth. He told the doctor he wanted to get at the mother through the child. Mr. Justice Branson described the crime as a cold, calculated, and fiendish attempt to be avenged upon the wife. It was the most horrible story he had ever listened to. Mr. E. Wooll, for the prosecution, said that £6000 had been publicly subscribed for the little girl, a tribute, be added, to the warmhearted sympathy</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with innocent childhood.</span></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="CHILDS HANDS CUT OFF. (1924, March 15). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved May 7, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54101961" target="_blank">CHILDS HANDS CUT OFF (1924, March 15). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 8. </a> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span> <br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-7007096949625592932021-01-26T17:22:00.004+10:002023-08-19T20:19:10.441+10:00First family member to arrive in Australia<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today is 26th of January, 2021 <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">233 years ago today, Mary PILES arrived in Australia.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things have changed a little since then.</span></span></p><p> <br /></p>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-56659567997027619012020-08-09T11:50:00.000+10:002020-08-09T11:50:08.431+10:00Ship Deaths - Lobelia<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The
Lobelia.-We have been favored with the following list of the names of
the persons who died during tho passage of the above-named ship, by Dr.
Purdie, the health officer :- Miles Spelman, aged 20, of continued
fever, on March 31 ; John Lax, infant, of bronchitis, on April 2; Henry
Lambert, aged 23, of ship fever, on April 7; Sarah Jack, aged 26, of
ship fever, on April 12 ; Lizzie Lax, aged 2, of ship fever, on May 5 ;
James Murray, aged 28, of ship fever, on May 21 ; Sarah Moles, aged 24,
of ship fever, on May 25 ; Eliza M'Kay, aged 21, of ship fever, on June
14; Mary Trather, aged 1 year, of dentition, on May 19; John Bradley,
aged 28, of ship fever, on May 20 ; Ann Hailstone, aged 22, of ship
fever, on May 28 ; Sarah Mills, aged 46, of dropsy, resulting from
organic disease of the heart, on July 6.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1275027" target="_blank">SHIPPING. (1865, July 10). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2.</a></p>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-39619281174015688962020-05-21T17:39:00.000+10:002020-05-21T17:39:54.373+10:00Cheap Labour<div class="read">
<span style="font-size: large;">An application for certificate of expenditure from <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="39" data-w="127" data-x="511" data-y="7167">Sarah</span> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="39" data-w="127" data-x="638" data-y="7167">Freestone,</span> for ringbarking 500 acres on grazing farm 142, at 1s. per acre, was granted.</span></div>
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-54348759447084156092020-05-20T11:41:00.002+10:002020-05-21T17:33:10.697+10:00Past laws<span style="font-size: large;"></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early this morning a serious accident occurredon the Main Range to John Davey, a lengthsman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The early up goods train, on reaching the big ironbridge near Harlaxtoton, ran over Davies, taking his leg clean off, and the engine was turned off the road. It appears that Davies, while returning home from duty, lost his way, and it being misty on the ranges, he fell over the embankment on to the line, and lost consciousness, and remained there until the train passed over him. The engine, which was derailed, was subsequently got on the line, and carne to Toowoomba. The</span><span style="font-size: large;"> accident caused some delay in the later trains.</span></div>
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-10229302630197680082019-07-06T23:21:00.001+10:002023-08-19T20:26:29.326+10:00Esther HENDLE<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have produced a video about Esther HENDLE's grave in the Bundaberg Cemetery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would welcome all visitors to <a href="https://gdavis.id.au/family/p00001.htm#00064" target="_blank">take a look</a>. </span><br />
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-30713939682596269302018-09-12T08:56:00.003+10:002018-09-12T08:56:17.048+10:00Unclaimed Letters<br />
Letters for the following are now lying at the Post Office, Thornborough :-<br />
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Allen, S. C.<br />
Allcock, R.<br />
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Bird, H.<br />
Bonar, William<br />
Bond, C.<br />
Burnside, John<br />
Burns, Patrick<br />
Buckley, J.<br />
Bynes, Mrs.<br />
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Cameron, Allan<br />
Coane, Edward<br />
Crosbie, James<br />
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Dickson, W.<br />
Dow, John<br />
Dose, H.<br />
Dodds, Geo.<br />
Doyle, Michael<br />
Duffy, F.<br />
Danlass, W. F.<br />
Dumeresque, E.<br />
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Engstrom, Alfred<br />
Englishly, Thomas<br />
Evans, David J.<br />
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Fielden, R.<br />
Finn, P.<br />
Fintoff, J.<br />
Flood, John<br />
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Gath, William<br />
Gillice, James<br />
Grant, Alex.<br />
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Halleron, P.<br />
Hanlon, Dan<br />
Harper, William L.<br />
Hemmer, Edmund<br />
Hedes, T.<br />
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-3356759414174129162016-10-06T09:54:00.001+10:002023-08-19T19:42:30.648+10:00A little known cemetery in Herberton<p><br /> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Courier" size="5">The Rose Lane Cemetery in Herberton is one of those cemeteries that has almost been lost to most of the current generation, including some of the Herberton locals.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Courier" size="5">Most of the information for this cemetery has been lost and only one headstone survives. Some research was done in the past in an effort to locate other grave sites within the cemetery, and while some locations have been identified, it is still unknown who is buried in those sites.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Courier" size="5">A notice board in the cemetery lists the names of the people who are supp<span style="background-color: white;"></span>osed to be buried in the cemetery.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Courier"><span font="" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: large;"><a href="https://gdavis.id.au/family/support/rose_lane_cemetery.htm"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">This link</span></b></a> </span><span font="" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: x-large;">is a first attempt to publish the known information about the people who are supposed to be buried in the Rose Lane Cemetery. It will be updated as other information is gathered.</span><span font="" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> </font></p> <p><br /> </p> Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-55351271453365995222016-07-25T21:13:00.003+10:002017-05-07T09:31:34.666+10:00A good day at Paddy's Lagoon<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Traveling from Cloncurry to Normanton recently I called in at Donor's Hill station and spoke to the manager there about any possible graves on the property. The manager, Dan, informed me that he knew of only one grave at the junction of the Flinders and Gregory rivers, that it had no identifying marks and that it was hard to find. So, I continued on to Normanton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">In Normanton I began asking around if anyone knew of any McDOUGALLs or BAXTERs. I wanted to find <a href="http://gdavis.id.au/family/p00001.htm#00061" target="_blank">George Frederick BAXTER</a> and his wife, <a href="http://gdavis.id.au/family/p00001.htm#00060" target="_blank">Mary Ann BAXTER</a> (nee JOHNSTON), both of whose death certificates stated that they were buried at Paddy's Lagoon, which is part of the Donor's Hill station. George died 30th of July, 1898 and Mary died almost six years later on 20th July, 1904.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">I was told to go to the BP service station in town and ask for a Jack O'NEIL who was one of the oldest people in town. When I arrived there were three men sitting in the driveway chatting, one was Jack, another was Ron STURMFELS and Pat GALLAGHER was also there, along with Wayne REEVES, the owner of the station who was balancing a tyre. I sat and began chatting and when I mentioned that I was looking for any information about any McDOUGALLs or BAXTERs, Wayne replied that he had a photograph of a BAXTER grave. "Let me finish balancing this tyre and I'll go and get it for you."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">To my surprise it was my maternal great grand father, George Frederick BAXTER. It turns out that Wayne once worked on Donor's Hill station mustering a couple of decades ago and when he saw the grave he photographed it. I asked if he would be able to tell me how to find it, to which he gave me directions but added that it would be hard to find because of all of the growth over the past couple of decades.</span><br />
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<br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720396904523724758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819740422986579174.post-62318503195670377002016-06-24T14:02:00.000+10:002016-06-24T14:02:22.649+10:00Drowning at Landsborough.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A sad case of drowning occurred two miles from Landsborough about 7 p.m. on March 25. <a href="http://gdavis.id.au/family/p00153.htm#12144" target="_blank">Mr. H. Wrigley</a>, in company with Mr. Harrison, was returning home from Landsborough, and when they arrived nearly at their destination, a creek only dividing them from the former's dwelling, Mrs. Wrigley was waiting on the opposite side of the creek, and she tried to persuade her husband to remain where he was until the water subsided. To this advice he paid no attention, and divesting himself of part of his clothing he went into the creek and attempted to cross, hut unfortunately was drowned in presence of his wife. The body was recovered the following morning early, close to the bank, in very shallow water. No attempt appears to have been made to save him, Harrison stating that he could not swim. The unfortunate man was buried in tho afternoon. He was well known in the district, and an expert swimmer. He leaves a widow and seven orphans, ranging from 11 years to three months, to mourn their loss. They are left almost destitute. A meeting was held on March 26, at 8 o'clock, at Mr. Jolly's hotel, to consider the above case, and collections were made, amounting to £11 8s. 6d. A subscription list has been started, which will be kept open till April 9 to enable all those who were not at the meeting to subscribe.</span></span></div>
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